Friday, November 08, 2013

Blondies

I am so glad October is behind me now. It was a month full of anxiety and stress, luckily, all is well now. It taught me many things and gave me many reasons to be thankful for in life. 
I learned to overcome my fear and face tough situations. Also to think on my toes. I learned who my real friends are. 

I am ready to relax and enjoy what is left of 2013. Diwali was like a fresh beginning and I was in good spirits and made Diwali goodies and enjoyed snacking, without any shame guilt. 
With 5 days of Diwali goodies and total Indian food, I wanted to divert my mind to something a little different. 
In an ideal world, I should have been eating salads and light meals, but... we do not live in an ideal world, do we now?
So I decided that the party had to go on, just in a different direction. 
Also it was Thursday, the day my little one has chess class after school and which means he and his 2 friends (who come back with me) are hungry after school. 
On most days, I carry fruit for them, it keeps them full until we reach home and they get their milk. but the bananas were kinda spotty brown, the kind that kids turn up their noses at. 

So it was simpler to make or bake something. Just that I had only 1 egg and I am not so confident when making egg less cakes ( and the one I have bookmarked needs dates, which, I did not have on hand) and I was itching to make blondies. There are any number of recipes online, just google and get it. After poring over a few, I went ahead and made these. They are VERY simple to make, a 5 year old can make them and I intend to let my little one do just that, next time- with 'dark chocolate chips' as he pointedly told me, several times (with each bite, to be precise). My excuse, I was in a hurry ( and to myself: where are those chocolate chips anyway? I know I have them, somewhere).

So if you are in a hurry and want to make something quick and sweet and tasty, try these. 
Blondies, for those who are wondering, are brownies, minus the chocolate. Dense, moist, gooey and oh-so-good that you want another piece! 

You need:

1 stick / 1/2 cup unsalted Butter
1 cup Brown Sugar
1 large Egg
Hefty pinch Salt (about 1/8 tsp)
1 cup All Purpose Flour
1 1/2 tsp Vanilla Essence
Chocolate /Butterscotch chips ( or nuts, if you prefer them)

Preheat the oven at 350 F.
Grease a pan that you will use to bake the blondies in ( I used a square cake pan and sprayed it with non-stick PAM)
Sift the flour and salt and keep it ready
Melt the butter ( microwave it in short bursts), you want just melted, not bubbling ( that would be, almost ghee)
Add the sugar to the melted butter and beat until creamy
Add in the egg and the vanilla and mix well
Add the flour + salt and mix well
Transfer to the greased pan and bake in the oven for 25 mins ( or till a toothpick inserted comes out clean) 
Cool in the pan for about 10 mins and then transfer to a rack to cool completely. I left the pan cooling and went to get ready to go get the kids from school, no harm done. I sliced them in the pan and cooled them just a tad more, to pack them an go (and of course, take pictures).


-I carefully added butterscotch chips, each blondie had one, just so that there would be no comparisons when I handed them out to the 3 hungry ( and sometimes cranky) kids. Next time, I will add about 1/4 cup small semi-sweet chips and stir them in.

-Other options are, toasted nuts- chopped, M&M's.

-I got 16 blondies ( and I kept the edge on one side- as you can see in the pictures-for myself, I love 'em)


That's it at my end. and oh! I am planning a Thanksgiving party this year!  I am so excited about it, planning the menu and reading recipes..... What is happening in your part of the world? Drop in and leave a comment.
Hope you all have a sweet weekend ahead.
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11 comments:

Lipi Cookery said...

nice preparation :)

Priya Suresh said...

They are just irresistible, i want some blondies to have rite now.

Unknown said...

Oh, how could we stop from just eating a few. They are so lovely looking, love blondies.

Unknown said...

lovely Blondies.. weird thing is I never ever baked any blondies..Have book marked the recipe, will give it a shot soon.
Love Ash.

Manasi said...

Thank you, Lipika.

Manasi said...

They are! Do try them, hope you like them.

Manasi said...

Asha , so true! We gobbled up up the lot!

Manasi said...

Ash, do, do try them, easy and SO tasty!

Hari Chandana said...

Wonderful preparation.. looks great!!

Vaishali said...

The blondies look scrumptious. And cute with the butterscotch chips.
Sometimes it takes the tough times to help us realize how resilient and tough we can be. But I am glad they are behind you now.

Rosa's Yummy Yums said...

Lovely blondies!

Cheers,

Rosa

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